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J. J. WOLF. EXHIBITOR FORM.

No. 434,102. Patented Aug. 12, 1890.

AN\\\\\ \\\\\\X\ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS J. \VOLF, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PHILIPPGOLDSMITH, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

EXHIBITOR-FORM.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0- 434,102, dated August12, 1890.

Apolication filed February '7, 1888. Serial No. 268,816. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JULIUS J. OLF, a citizen of the United States, and aresident .of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and Stateof Ohio, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inExhibition- Forms, of which the following is a specification. g

The several features of my invention and the advantages arising fromtheir use, conjointly or otherwise, will be apparent from the throughthe arm.

following description:

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a side elevation of a form embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 isavertica'l section of the same Fig. 3 is a horizontal sect'ion throughtheshoulder-joint. Fig. 4. is an enlarged sectional view illustratingthe preferred means of attaching the arm to the bust. Fig. 5 is asection through the lower end of the forearm; and Fig. 6 is a sectionthrough the end of the hand-piece, the two figures illustrating themeans of attaching the hand to the forearm.

Heretofore the half-bust used in show-windows to exhibit made-upgoods-such as coats, vests, cloaks, or other sleeved garments, and thelike-have been constructed without an arm. The coat, dress, or othersleeved garment was adjusted over this half-bust, and the sleeve of thegarment to be displayed was allowed to lie flat. Such a disposition ofthe sleeve detracted from the symmetry of the exhibit. To remedy suchlack of symmetry, I have been accustomed to stuff cotton or paper intothe sleeve to fill out the latter, and impart to it the appearance itwould have when in actual use. This stufiing of the sleeve was a veryslow and tedious operation, occupying from twenty to twenty-fiveminutes. To remedy this evil, I unite to this bust an artificial arm,quickly and easily detachable from the bust, and as readily againattached thereto. By means of this feature of my invention the arm canbe immediately detached from the bust, slippedinto the sleeve, thegarment laid on the bust, and the operation is finished, and has notoccupied over a part of one minute. lVhen desired, by de- Referring tothe accompanying drawings,

A indicates a half bust or body, preferably constructed in the shell orskeleton form. When it is desired, as if often the case, to hold theupper end of the bust more or less elevated above the ground or floor,it is convenient to employ one or more of the wellknown props b, hingedto a cross-brace B. This half-bust is preferably made of some lightsubstance, as papier-mach.

The preferred description of detachable connection between theshoulder-joint of the,

arm and the bust is as follows: The joint is provided with an extensionor portion (i of a cylindrical form, which latter is received in anopening in the cross-bar B. To give a better bearing to the plug 61 acylinder 1) is preferably set in the cross-brace B to receive the plug.The plug is held fast in the opening in the cross-bar or equivalentportion of the bust by the screwE, which screws into the plug andagainst the end of the cylinder or bearing. To better hold the screw Ein the plug, the latter is preferably provided with a metallicorhard-rubber cylinder (Z internally screw-threaded, and the screw Eengages this female thread in the plug or cylinder last mentioned. Thedescription of shoulder-joint which I prefer to employ is a joint havinga globular exterior. The bust is at the shoulder provided with acircular opening a. The edge of this opening a is preferably providedwith a facing of leather or other suitable material a. This facingstrengthens the edge of the opening a, and also makes a suitablefriction between this edge and the ball of the joint. hen the screw E istightened up, the ball D fits snugly into this circular opening a andforms therewith a ball-and-socket joint. The preferred mode ofconstructing this ball-and-socket joint is as follows: A central tongued and two side pieces d dare present.

These parts are preferably of wood or other strong material, while thecurved sides d completing the ball, are made of a light substance, likepapier-mach. The parts of the ball are hinged together by the screw G,passing through the center. The tongue d terminates in the cylindricalplug or piece (1 aforementioned, or in the piece whereby connection ismade with the bust. The projecting side pieces d are rigidly attached tothe arm F.

The preferred construction of the arm is as follows: The arm F ismodeled of papiermach, and, to afford the requisite stiffness andstrength for the attachment of the ball D, is preferably provided withthe wooden cross-piece or diaphragm f. The forearm H is attached to thearm I by a hinged ball G, preferably constructed in all respects similarto the hinged ball D, constituting one of the features of my invention.The forearm II is preferably modeled of papier-mach. It is provided atits lower end with a stiff diaphragm 71, having the opening it. Thedia-' phragm h, or equivalent portion, which receives the extension fromthe hand, is, at its front, provided with the recesses 71 and 71 toaccommodate the spring J. The recess k2 is covered by the stiif plate h.The hand I is provided with the projecting plug 1'. The spring J is apiece of wire set in the end of the plug 1', and bent so as to form ashoulder j, whose tendency is to project upward; but it is limited inits upward movement by the loop t which projects down through an openingi in the plug 1' and passes around a pin The spring J terminates in thethumbpiece 9' by means of which it may be depressed. The stop 7: is setat a suitable distance in advance of the shoulder j. Other forms ofspring-catches may be employed to hold the hand in position and stillfall within the scope of my invention. To afford easy access to thethumb-piece the hand is preferably grooved out at '5. \Vhen the hand isput in position in the forearm, the plug 2' is pushed through theopening h in diaphragm it until the shoulder j of the spring J hasslipped under the plate It and rests in the recess 72. v The plate 71being now in position between the shoulder j and the stop 1' holds thehand firmly in position. Thus it is the work of only afew seconds toattach the hand to the forearm, or detach it therefrom.

Between the thumb and forefinger of the hand two springs K are set.These springs bearing against each other afford a means for holding adisplay-card between the thumb and forefinger.

Vhile the various features of my invention are preferably employedtogether, one or more of them may be employed without the remainder, andin so far as applicable may be employed with half-busts, busts, orfigures other than the half-bust herein specifically described.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of body A, having'circular shoulder-opening a,cross-brace 13, provided with cylinder 1), hinged ballD, provided withtongues d d d and clamp-screw C, and screw E, substantially as and forthe purposes specified.

2. The combination of body A, having circular shoulder-opening a,cross-brace 13, provided with cylinder 1), hinged ball D, provided withtongues d d d and clamp-screw O, and screw E, arm F, and forearm II,hinged to arm F, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination of forearm H, having opening it and recess 72/ hplate 7%, hand I, provided with plug 1', spring J, provided withshoulder j and thumb-piece 7' substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

4. The combination of forearm I-I, provided with diaphragm 72., havingopening h and re cess h2 72. Jlate h, hand I, provided with plug 2',spring J, provided with shoulder j and thumb-piece 3' substantially asand for the purposes specified.

5. In a bust-figure, the hollow forearm having diaphragm h, providedwith central opening it, one of whose edges is at one side bev eledaway, forming an inclined. recess 71 the forward end of said recessbeing covered by the flat wall or plate h, attached to the diaphragmnear its outer edge and extending down over the end of the recess to thecontinued lines of passage-way h, the opposite side of the said edge ofsaid passage-way being beveled away outwardly and downwardly,

and the hand I, having the central tongued piece 11, in which a coiledend for an elastic spring J, extending forward and bent downward andback in aloop i and there provided with a flanged extension or lip J issunk,

the loop t playing in the opening i',and stop 1' fixed in the piece 2'in a plane which, when transverse to the length of the arm, passesbetween the shoulder j of the loop and the opposite side of said loop,the spring-piece J, inclining upward and forward from its point ofattachment to piece 2', and the plate 71, lying between the shoulder jand the stop i when the piece 2' of the hand is passed back through thepassage h of the diaphragm of the forearm, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

JULIUS J. XVOLF.

Attest:

A. S. LUDLow, G. A..W. PARCE.

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